Spain: Estudiantes stalled against Salamanca, Gran Canaria gains ground, the 2 co-leaders hold on – Postup.fr

To Sandra YGUERAVIDE, we don't talk to her about age! © FIBA

Results of day 8 of November 23 and 24, 2024:

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Gran Canaria continues to produce beautiful things on its land. In front of their audience, Dominique TOUSSAINT (16 points, 6 rebounds) and his partners were initially mishandled by OC Ardoi (13-17, 10′) but were able to recover fairly quickly (26-10 in the second quarter) and put this at the end of the match to achieve a great victory against a promoted team. This success is all the more important for the Canary Islands as, for its part, Zaragoza conceded a new setback. Traveling in the Basque Country, the girls of Carlos CANTERO were in fact dominated on the Guernica floor from the first half (42-34, 20′). To courage, Stephanie WORDS (18 points at 6/8 in the shoot) and his team were able to recover when returning from the locker room (11-22 in the third quarter) but their efforts did not pay off in the long run because opposite, Laura WESTERIK (20 points, 6 rebounds) and her teammates stepped up the pace to win with a final, liberating basket.Elena BUENAVIDA (8 points, 2 rebounds). Note that Kendra CHERY scored 6 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and delivered 1 assist in 27 minutes in this match.

Given their performances in recent weeks in the league, we expected Estudiantes to pose a lot of problems for Salamanca but in the end this was not the case. Carried by a duo composed ofArica CARTER et Mikiah HARRIGAN (16 points each), the visitors played for almost 40 minutes in the capital and another great individual performance fromAngela SALVADORES (23 points including 4/8 at 3 points) did not make it possible to revive the Madrilenians. Moreover, Seehia RIDARD scored 2 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 19 minutes in this game. Likewise, with the exception of the third quarter won 14-20 by the Galicians, there was a gap between Valencia, which recorded the departure of Bernadette HATAR with the end of his medical freelance and Kayla ALEXANDER (8 points, 3 rebounds) will now succeed him, and Baxi Ferrol. Because even if the start of the game was rather close (22-18, 10′), Stephanie MAVUBA (18 points, 9 rebounds) and his troops stayed the course and imposed their law to win easily.

On the San Sebastián side, nice move from IDK Euskotren! To overcome Cadi La Seu, Roso BUCH (18 points, 2 rebounds) and her partners had to remain patient because Bella is on the map (27 points, 6 rebounds and the visitors were responsive. The latter, however, had to surrender in overtime. At the bottom of the table, it was in the first period that Celta Zorka began to draw their victory against Araski ( 43-28, 20′). Laura ALIAGA (17 points including 5/8 at 3 points) and the Basques then gave everything but the damage was done because Clementine SAMSON (18 points, 7 rebounds) and his did not tremble.

Yesterday in the middle of the day, the Jairis team's trip to the Barcelona suburbs went well. Very quickly, Lou LOPEZ SENECHAL (18 points including 4/6 from 3 points in 27 minutes) and her friends took the measure of Badalone, particularly defensively (5-13, 10′). We will have to wait until the start of the second half to see a real Catalan reaction, driven by Mariam COULIBALY (17 points, 8 rebounds). However, it was a little too timid, so much so that it was the visitors who won, thus returning to victory after 2 complicated weeks. In the west of the country, on the Galicia side, we had to wait for an extension to decide between Ensino Lugo and Girona. From the start of the match, the two teams were eye to eye (19-19, 10') before the Catalans took the lead and thought they had done the hardest part of the game. after 30 minutes (48-65, 30′). Indeed, in the last 10 minutes of regulation time, it was Laura HOWARD (24 points, 7 rebounds) and the locals who found energy to pass a scathing 28-11 which once again put the two teams on a tie. But during the extension, Sandra YGUERAVIDE (24 points including 4/8 at 3 points) and his partners showed composure to win. Note that Mamignan TOURE scored 17 points, a nice 3/4 3-pointer and also grabbed 2 rebounds, all in 26 minutes.

Program for day 9 from November 29 to December 1, 2024: